Adelson, the billionaire who owns the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, donated more than $100 million to conservative causes during the 2012 election cycle. Adelson recently told the Wall Street Journal that he could “spend that much and more” in future political campaigns, and POLITICO reported he recently met with three GOP governors said to be eying the 2016 presidential race.

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Sources in Boehner and Cantor’s office declined comment, and would not detail the topic of conversation in the meetings. Adelson also met with senior officials at the Republican National Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee. Spokesmen for those groups did not immediately respond to questions about the nature of the meetings.

Adelson was spotted Tuesday on the Hill, and the Huffington Post reported Monday that Adelson was expected to discuss issues including possible changes to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the an anti-bribery law under which Las Vegas Sands is being investigated.

Sources familiar with the visits disputed that the law was on the agenda, and described the Hill meetings as “courtesy visits.”

Reese said the purpose of Adelson’s visit to Washington was accompanying his wife Miriam Adelson, who had meetings related to her involvement with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Miriam Adelson is listed as a member of the museum’s council, and she and her husband are major donors to Jewish causes.

“The only reason he is coming to town is to be a dutiful husband,” said Reese.

Adelson sat in the speaker’s box in the congressional gallery when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress last year and sources say the casino billionaire has a long relationship with Boehner.

Come on there is no issue of pay to play here move along! Come on I went to DC and got the grand tour too! White House,Smithsonian and halls of Congress! So what is was with a group of 100 people and we were shephereded around like cattle on a drive! Poor Sheldon. Maybe he can use some of that money to improve that mug! FUGLY is being nice!